1:49 am, Thursday, 18 December 2025
BREAKING NEWS
China’s ‘countermeasures’ signal sharper pressure on Japan’s security debate
Targeted response, broader message China announced “countermeasures” aimed at a former head of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, a move that Japanese
Sydney attack on Hanukkah gathering prompts terror probe and security reset
Investigation and early facts Australian authorities said gunmen attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing and injuring people
Russia seeks U.S. response before key nuclear treaty expiry
Russia awaits American decision on arms pact renewal On December 10, Moscow reiterated its call for New START Treaty to
US backs Japan in radar incident with China
US supports Japan amid rising regional tension The United States formally criticized People’s Republic of China for directing military-grade radar
Venezuela Human Rights Movement concern grows as Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights cuts funding drastically
UN human-rights body enters “survival mode” amid budget shortfalls The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
María Corina Machado skips Nobel ceremony as her whereabouts remain unknown
Nobel Peace Prize recipient absent from Oslo ceremony The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be handed out today, but Venezuelan
Southeast Asia’s offshore wind boom contrasts with Trump’s anti-renewable push
New projects surge from Vietnam to the Philippines Southeast Asia is emerging as a rare bright spot for the global
Fighting on Thai-Cambodia border uproots thousands as fragile truce collapses
Border villages empty out as shells fall again Families along the Thai-Cambodia frontier are fleeing for a second time in
TSUNAMI WARNINGS LIFTED AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE JOLTS NORTHEASTERN JAPAN
Night-time M7.5 shock tests early-warning systems and coastal preparedness Residents of Japan’s northeastern coast spent a tense night after a
FLOODS IN INDONESIA PUT RARE ORANGUTANS UNDER NEW THREAT
Cyclone-driven landslides shred forest homes in North Sumatra Weeks after deadly floods and landslides tore through parts of Indonesia, conservation
